Errol Morris News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2011 Telluride Film Festival's Guest Director program, this year featuring musician Caetano Veloso.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paul Rudd is set to star in Errol Morris' next project, which remains untitled. THe film will be written by Zack Helm, and is based on a memoir by Robert F. Nelson.

Current TV today announced an additional roster of talent to be featured in the new original series, '50 Documentaries To See Before You Die.' Hosted by renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock, the five part hour-long weekly series, which kicks off Tuesday, August 2 at 9 p.m. ET counts down fifty of the modern documentary era's most powerful, provocative and moving films. In each show, Spurlock hits the road and revisits several of the iconic figures from films ranging from 'Paris is Burning' to 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Exit Through the Gift Shop.'

MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE announces their EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW for JULY-SEPTEMBER 2011

As previously reported, Warner Bros. Records is proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ingenious collaboration between renowned composer Danny Elfman and legendary film director Tim Burton, with the release of the The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box on May 24th.

In June 2011, the world of film with all its intrigue and glamour will return as the GCIFF partners with the Town of North Hempstead / Nassau County and Clearview Cinemas to celebrate film and community, past and present, in the five towns of Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, New Hyde Park/Herricks and Port Washington.

Publishing in December to mark the end of a year-longexhibition of Frederick Wiseman's films at The Museum of Modern Art, and to celebrate theacquisition of 36 newly struck film prints for the Museum's permanent collection, Frederick Wiseman is the first publication in English to provide a comprehensive overview of Wiseman's work to date, including his projects for theater and opera.

Publishing in December to mark the end of a year-longexhibition of Frederick Wiseman's films at The Museum of Modern Art, and to celebrate theacquisition of 36 newly struck film prints for the Museum's permanent collection, Frederick Wiseman is the first publication in English to provide a comprehensive overview of Wiseman's work to date, including his projects for theater and opera.

The New Group's upcoming reading of The Kid, a new musical based on Dan Savage's book The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant (slated as the third show of the company's current 2009-10 season).

The BMI Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging musical development, presented the 2009 Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre to lyricist Jack Lechner, composer Andy Monroe and librettist Michael Zam at a luncheon held at the BMI offices.

Hugh Jackman, has 'revealed' to Sydney's Daily Telegraph that he is indeed working to 'reappear' on Broadway in the original musical, HOUDINI in the spring of 2010.

Fox News is reporting that Hugh Jackman, looks to be hard at work prepping to 'reappear' on Broadway in the original musical, HOUDINI in the spring of 2010.

Fox News is reporting that the talk of the AUSTRALIA movie premiere the other night was the exciting 'news' that the film's star, Hugh Jackman, is all set to 'reappear' on Broadway in original musical, HOUDINI in the spring of 2010.

Following a meeting of New York City Opera's Board of Directors, Gerard Mortier, General Manager Designate today announced that City Opera is commissioning Philip Glass to compose a new opera, The Perfect American which imaginatively explores the life and career of Walt Disney

Tony Award-winning producer Scott Sanders and Tony- nominated architect/set designer David Rockwell announced plans today to present HOUDINI, An Original Musical on Broadway in the spring of 2010.